Hundreds of women have focused today on Tahrir Square in Cairo and on the occasion of International Women's Day, have called for a greater role in the process of transition towards a democratic Egypt. The organizers of the march of a million women convened by Facebook, recalled in a statement that during the revolution women were human shields, formed part of the defense committees of districts, survived the battle of the camel and clashed with NDP thugs, "the party of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak now.
In Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests against the Mubarak regime and where today dozens of people still camping, one of the organizers of the protest, Yasmin Jarifa, railed against the "machismo" and "paternalism" of society Egyptian. "We are 50% of society, men and women have to work together to contribute ideas to the new democracy," he told Efe while handing out leaflets among the protesters.
Jarifa regretted that, although women participated alongside men in demonstrations against the Mubarak regime, are now taking a secondary role in the transition process. Men who attended the demonstration were in agreement with this idea and one of them, Mohamed Ibrahim argued: "When we ask for a new democracy, we ask for all men and all women." "This is the time to change," said the professor of the University of Cairo Magdi Zeinab, before ensuring that the Egyptians used to live "under a huge umbrella of injustice, but underneath was smaller injustices, and discrimination against women or Christians Copts.
Taie and Salma Walaa Salama, two students of journalism at Cairo University, noted that women should have a more prominent role in Egyptian politics to "break down stereotypes." "If women were in parliament or government in a normal fashion, we would avoid people thinking that the role of women is to be home most of the time," said Salama.
While slogans against sexual harassment and gender-discrimiación, Magdi recalled: "Women are half of society and raise the other half, we've done as much as men and we should have our say in this revolution ". 
In Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests against the Mubarak regime and where today dozens of people still camping, one of the organizers of the protest, Yasmin Jarifa, railed against the "machismo" and "paternalism" of society Egyptian. "We are 50% of society, men and women have to work together to contribute ideas to the new democracy," he told Efe while handing out leaflets among the protesters.
Jarifa regretted that, although women participated alongside men in demonstrations against the Mubarak regime, are now taking a secondary role in the transition process. Men who attended the demonstration were in agreement with this idea and one of them, Mohamed Ibrahim argued: "When we ask for a new democracy, we ask for all men and all women." "This is the time to change," said the professor of the University of Cairo Magdi Zeinab, before ensuring that the Egyptians used to live "under a huge umbrella of injustice, but underneath was smaller injustices, and discrimination against women or Christians Copts.
Taie and Salma Walaa Salama, two students of journalism at Cairo University, noted that women should have a more prominent role in Egyptian politics to "break down stereotypes." "If women were in parliament or government in a normal fashion, we would avoid people thinking that the role of women is to be home most of the time," said Salama.
While slogans against sexual harassment and gender-discrimiación, Magdi recalled: "Women are half of society and raise the other half, we've done as much as men and we should have our say in this revolution ".
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